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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Pediatric SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Dec 06, 2017 Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by February 5, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance. DATES: Electronic Submissions DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ACTION: Rare Diseases—A Collaborative Approach for Drug Development Using Gaucher Disease as a Model.’’ This draft guidance focuses on drug development for pediatric patients with Gaucher disease. In particular, it proposes for consideration a novel approach to improve the efficiency of drug development in pediatric rare diseases using Gaucher disease as an example. The emergence of concomitant trials for multiple investigational drug products for the treatment of rare diseases can pose significant challenges to effective drug development, because there are limited numbers of patients for any given rare condition worldwide. This approach discusses the feasibility of the development of multiple drug products in a time-efficient manner while minimizing the number of patients necessary to be treated with placebo. You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as follows: BILLING CODE 4184–01–P AGENCY: 52 ADDRESSES: [FR Doc. 2017–26353 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am] Jkt 244001 Submit electronic comments in the following way: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to https:// www.regulations.gov will be posted to the docket unchanged. 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The proposal applies only to systemic (i.e., non-neurological) manifestations of Gaucher disease (i.e., patients with Type I and Type III phenotypes). The purpose of this guidance is to facilitate drug development in pediatric rare diseases, with a focus on Gaucher disease. In this guidance, Gaucher disease is provided as a disease model. However, the principles underlying this proposal may be extended to other areas of drug development in rare diseases. The guidance was originally a document developed as a strategic collaboration between FDA and the European Medicines Agency to enhance the efficiency of drug development in Gaucher disease, which was released in 2014 for public comment. The draft guidance is an updated version of the document and has no fundamental changes to the original intent and content. This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA’s good guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on ‘‘Pediatric Rare Diseases—A Collaborative Approach for Drug Development Using Gaucher Disease as a Model.’’ It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. This guidance is not subject to Executive Order 12866. II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 This draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collections of information in 21 CFR parts 312 and 314 have been approved under OMB control numbers 0910–0014 and 0910– 0001, respectively. 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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 234 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57759-57760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26357]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6476]

Pediatric Rare Diseases--A Collaborative Approach for Drug
Development Using Gaucher Disease as a Model; Draft Guidance for
Industry; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Pediatric
Rare Diseases--A Collaborative Approach for Drug Development Using
Gaucher Disease as a Model.'' This draft guidance focuses on drug
development for pediatric patients with Gaucher disease. In particular,
it proposes for consideration a novel approach to improve the
efficiency of drug development in pediatric rare diseases using Gaucher
disease as an example. The emergence of concomitant trials for multiple
investigational drug products for the treatment of rare diseases can
pose significant challenges to effective drug development, because
there are limited numbers of patients for any given rare condition
worldwide. This approach discusses the feasibility of the development
of multiple drug products in a time-efficient manner while minimizing
the number of patients necessary to be treated with placebo.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by February 5, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as
follows:

Electronic Submissions

Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information,
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
If you want to submit a comment with confidential
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public,
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2017-N-6476 for ``Pediatric Rare Diseases--A Collaborative Approach
for Drug Development Using Gaucher Disease as a Model; Draft Guidance
for Industry; Availability''. Received comments will be placed in the
docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,''
publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets
Management Staff office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the
claimed confidential information

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redacted/blacked out, will be available for public viewing and posted
on https://www.regulations.gov. Submit both copies to the Dockets
Management Staff. If you do not wish your name and contact information
to be made publicly available, you can provide this information on the
cover sheet and not in the body of your comments and you must identify
this information as ``confidential.'' Any information marked as
``confidential'' will not be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR
10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more information about
FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September
18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)).
Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidance to
the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave.,
Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send one
self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your
requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic
access to the draft guidance document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hong Vu, Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,
Bldg. 22, Rm. 5345, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-7401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Pediatric Rare Diseases--A Collaborative Approach for Drug
Development Using Gaucher Disease as a Model.'' The emergence of
concomitant trials for multiple investigational drug products for the
treatment of rare disease can pose significant challenges to effective
drug development, given the limited number of patients worldwide with
these diagnoses. This guidance discusses, among other things, a multi-
arm, multi-company clinical trial as a novel approach to enhance the
efficiency of drug development in pediatric rare diseases using
pediatric Gaucher disease as an example. The proposal applies only to
systemic (i.e., non-neurological) manifestations of Gaucher disease
(i.e., patients with Type I and Type III phenotypes).
The purpose of this guidance is to facilitate drug development in
pediatric rare diseases, with a focus on Gaucher disease. In this
guidance, Gaucher disease is provided as a disease model. However, the
principles underlying this proposal may be extended to other areas of
drug development in rare diseases. The guidance was originally a
document developed as a strategic collaboration between FDA and the
European Medicines Agency to enhance the efficiency of drug development
in Gaucher disease, which was released in 2014 for public comment. The
draft guidance is an updated version of the document and has no
fundamental changes to the original intent and content.
This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on ``Pediatric
Rare Diseases--A Collaborative Approach for Drug Development Using
Gaucher Disease as a Model.'' It does not establish any rights for any
person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an
alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable
statutes and regulations. This guidance is not subject to Executive
Order 12866.

II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

This draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information
are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The
collections of information in 21 CFR parts 312 and 314 have been
approved under OMB control numbers 0910-0014 and 0910-0001,
respectively. The collections of information in 21 CFR 201.57 for the
content and format of prescription drug labeling was approved under OMB
control number 0910-0572.

III. Electronic Access

Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance
at either https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or
https://www.regulations.gov.

Dated: December 1, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-26357 Filed 12-6-17; 8:45 am]
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